Bentheuphausia

Bentheuphausia
after Mauchline, 1971; after Sars, 1885
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Bentheuphausiidae
Colosi, 1917
Genus: Bentheuphausia
G. O. Sars, 1885
Species: B. amblyops
Binomial name
Bentheuphausia amblyops
(G. O. Sars, 1883) [1]
Synonyms

Thysanopoda amblyops G. O. Sars, 1883 [2]

Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus,[3] which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae.[4] All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae.

Distribution

B. amblyops occurs in the northern Atlantic Ocean in latitudes south of 40° N, and also in the southern seas of the Atlantic, in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific.[5] It is a bathypelagic krill that lives in deep waters below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).

Description

It is distinguished from the Euphausiidae by several morphological features, the most apparent being that they are not bioluminescent and that their first pair of pleopods is not modified as copulatory tool organs. Also, their eyes are smaller than those of the Euphausiidae. Adults reach a length of 4 to 5 centimetres (1.6 to 2.0 in).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bentheuphausia amblyops (G. O. Sars, 1883)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Species Bentheuphausia amblyops (Sars, 1883)". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ Volker Siegel (2011). V. Siegel, eds. "Bentheuphausia Sars, 1885". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ Volker Siegel (2011). V. Siegel, eds. "Bentheuphausiidae". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  5. 1 2 J. Mauchline (1971). "Euphausiacea: Adults" (PDF). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer.
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